--- title: "Maha Ragab — author profile and papers · Question answering" description: "Maha Ragab, Delta University for Science and Technology: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2014–2015), h-index 2 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maha-ragab/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maha-ragab/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Maha Ragab # Maha Ragab Maha Ragab has 2 papers in our library, in 2014–2015, most of them on [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/); often with [Heba Abdelnasser](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/heba-abdelnasser/), [Marwan Torki](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marwan-torki/), [Reham Mohamed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reham-mohamed/). 2 papers in our library · 2014–2015 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5103896255) · [**h-index 2**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5103896255) · [6 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5103896255) · [88 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5103896255&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maha-ragab/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 21 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maha-ragab/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6725](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/68/#star-6725) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Maha+Ragab) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Maha+Ragab) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Maha+Ragab) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Maha+Ragab) ## Affiliations [🎓**Delta University for Science and Technology** Al Mansurah · Egypt 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/0481xaz04) · [🎓**Alexandria University** Alexandria · Egypt 2012–2015 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/alexandria-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Question answering · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2015** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maha-ragab/year/2015/) · [**2014** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maha-ragab/year/2014/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Al-Bayan: An Arabic Question Answering System for the Holy Quran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/abdelnasser-2014-al-bayan-arabic-question-answering/)** *(2014 · 86 citations)* Al-Bayan is a question answering system for Arabic questions about the Holy Quran. The authors argue that Arabic QA is still weak and that religious topics need trustworthy answers, since the web holds much unreliable content about them. The system draws only on the Quran and two classical interpretation books… 2. **[Al-Bayan: A Knowledge-based System for Arabic Answer Selection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mohamed-2015-al-bayan-knowledge-based-system/)** *(2015 · 21 citations)* The paper tackles answer selection for Arabic community QA in SemEval-2015 Task 3, Subtask A. Questions come from the Fatwa website on Islamic topics, and each candidate answer must be labeled Direct, Related or Irrelevant. The authors' system relies on a domain knowledge resource rather than generic text features.… ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Heba Abdelnasser](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/heba-abdelnasser/) ×2 - [Marwan Torki](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marwan-torki/) ×2 - [Reham Mohamed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reham-mohamed/) ×2 - [Nagwa El-Makky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nagwa-el-makky/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [EMNLP Workshop on Arabic Natural Language Processing (ANLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp-workshop-on-arabic-natural-language-processing-anlp/): [ANLP 2014](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp-workshop-on-arabic-natural-language-processing-anlp/2014/) - [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/): [SemEval 2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/2015/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 21 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [15 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maha-ragab/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026